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TROUBLESHOOTING THE GAS ENGINE. WITH STAN READ

To me, there is something fascinating about old things, especially mechanical things. Having been a general mechanic and machinist for many years, this interest usually turned toward old automobiles until one day a friend gave me an old 12 H.P. Fairbanks-Morse hoisting engine built about 1899. While looking for a magneto for it (which the engine didn't use, I found out later) another friend gave me a small Dempster engine and a search of a local wrecking yard turned up a 6 H.P. Fairbanks built in 1920. Suddenly I was "hooked" on a wonderful hobby of collecting and restoring old gas engines. I was amazed at how little I really knew about them.

Every question answered introduced a dozen more unanswered. Hence the purpose of this article. Over the years I have gathered considerable information as well as over sixty engines.

If anyone has questions or problems a...

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